A Conversation with Dr. Denise Payán, Deputy Director of Cal-IHEA
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Tuesday 7 January 2025
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Chia Thao was a teenager when she arrived in Fresno with her family to begin a new life. She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where her Laotian parents had fled after the Vietnam War.
“Our parents brought a skillset to the U.S., found a home in the Central Valley and began farming,” Thao said. “This connected them back to their homeland.”
Over the years, she witnessed the challenges small-scale farmers faced and it prompted her research interests. Now, she is using her cultural knowledge of her community to help improve health outcomes.
Legacy Health Endowment (LHE), who has in the past worked with Dr. Paul Brown (HSRI Director) on understanding Valley Fever, is now looking to help local senior citizens.
LHE has teamed up with Covenant Care at Home (CCH), a nonprofit healthcare provider, to fund a critical new program to help senior citizens avoid premature placement or re-entry into hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities.
